Roosevelt kinship and combat claims in Roosevelts case
Westbrook Pegler notes Elliott Roosevelt's testimony on combat time and gifts, questioning credibility and memory. He cites discrepancies over stock promises and debts, and mentions Eleanor Roosevelt and a posthumous valor medal ceremony as context for judgment and public perception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Elliott Roosevelt
Elliott
Howard Hughes
Johnny Meyer
Greenland
United States
John Hartford
Harwood
Roosevelt
Eleanor the Great
Truman
Hitler doctor found guilty in Nuremberg trial
An American war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg convicted Karl Brandt Adolf Hitlers personal physician of crimes against humanity. The 43 year old S S general was found responsible for high altitude freezing and other experiments causing many deaths. Sentences to be passed Thursday with prosecutors seeking death. The verdict comes as part of the first completed judgment for the 23 co defendants in the S S medical corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nernberg
Karl Brandt
Adolf Hitler
Walter Beals
Washington State Supreme Court
S. S
Brandt
S. S. Medical Corps
Teleford Taylor
U. S
Hermann Goering
Jachim von Ribbentrop
Plane hits house but pilot unharmed in Oregon
A plane struck the corner of a house in Junction City Oregon yesterday damaging utilities and tearing a wall. The pilot William R Griffin escaped injury and reported the aircraft ran out of fuel before it crash landed in a field. Mr and Mrs George Williams woke and fled the wrecked living room as the plane toppled from the air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junction City
Oore
George Williams
William R. Grifith
U S By-Passes U N Said Dangerous Move By Reds
Russia demanded an emergency U N session to set up a commission for arbitration in the Dutch Indonesian conflict and attacked the United States for trying to bypass the United Nations. Gromyko charged Washington was pressing Indonesians and showing disregard for the Security Council as U S officials denied coercion and urged acceptance of a Dutch plan for an impartial state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Hauck Lake
Russia
Security Council
United States
United Nations
Andrei A. Gromyko
Indonesia
U. S
Herschel V. Johnson
Johnson
Batavia
Council
Commission For Arbitration and Investigation
Gromyko
U. N
Soekarno
Jogjakarta
Many Apply for Bus Driver Jobs as Trailways Resumes
Alexandria La Aug 19 P Southern Trailways officials said the plan to resume operations, with or without 1200 striking drivers, drew many applicants in Alexandria and Shreveport and other cities. The union urged peaceful methods as talks failed after a May 20 walkout and conciliators failed to mediate.
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Alexandria
Southern Trailways Buslines
Shreveport
Jackson
Miss
Columbus
Otto
A. F. of L
Trailways
United States
Harriman Blasts Soviet Russia In Atomic Age Policy
Former U S commerce secretary W Averell Harriman warned that Soviet imperialism endangers world peace in a policy speech cleared by Washington. He said free nations retain a deterrent through atomic retaliation and criticized Moscow’s police state control of eastern Europe.
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Seattle
Russia
Commerce
W. Averell Harriman
State Department
Washington
Harriman
Soviet Union
Pacific Northwest Trade Association
Europe
Bank President Shot To Death In Hollywood
Claude Adams 67, president of the Hollywood State Bank, was found dead with a .38 pistol in his left hand in his home. Det Lt E W Smith said Adams left seven notes for his 31 year old private secretary Merna Lassen, including a line about her being in another man’s arms.
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North Hollywood
Calif
Hollywood
E. W. Smith
Claude Adams
Hollywood State Bank
Merna Lassen
Smith
Adams
Merna
Baltimore Youth Charged in Brick Slaying
A Baltimore City College student, 17 year old Charles F. Masek, is charged with murdering 32 year old New York waitress Mina Taylor by striking her in the head with a brick. Police recovered a bloodstained brick near the attack site as Mrs. Taylor visited Baltimore to see her sister Dora Whittington.
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Baltimore
New York
Charles F. Masek
Baltimore City College
Mina Taylor
Masek
Taylor
Dora Whittington
Marshall in private talks on inter American defense pact
Secretary of State Marshall and Argentina's Juan A. Bramuglia met for a half hour in Brasuglia's apartment to discuss all main points of the inter American defense treaty. Marshall planned a major policy address tomorrow to outline US views on a hemisphere defense treaty amid debates over economic aggression clauses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quitandinha
Brazil
Marshall
Argentina
Juan A. Bramuglia
Bramuglia
Gen. Marshall
United States
Cube
Senora Eva Duarte Peron
Senora Peron
Jaime Torres Bodet
Mexico
Committee On Aggression
Goodyear President vows to fight tire price fixing charges
Goodyear President E J Thomas says federal charges accusing tire makers of a 12 year price fixing conspiracy will be fought "to the limit" as 19 defendants face a criminal complaint in the Southern District of New York. Industry leaders defended current pricing, noting tires remain below pre war levels amid rising living costs.
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New York
E. J. Thomas
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Federal District Court
Southern District of
Thomas
William O'Neil
General Tire and Rubber Co
O'Neil
Herbert E. Smith
U. S. Rubber Co
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Firestone
J. L. Cochran
Seiberling Rubber Co
Los Angeles
William C. Dickson
West Coast
Anti-Trust Division
Technicolor Motion Picture Corp
Eastman Kodak Co
Technicolor
Pacific plane crash blamed on human error and mechanical failure
Honolulu dispatch reports five known dead and five presumed dead in the Pacific crash that killed Ambassador George Atcheson Jr. The crash is described as a combination of human error and mechanical failure, with an immediate investigation ordered by Gen. Carl Spaatz. The B-17 had refueled at Kwajalein after a Guam engine change and headed toward Oahu when a fatal sequence led to disaster.
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Don Whitehead
Honolulu
Pacific
George Atcheson, Jr
Carl Spaatz
Tokyo
Guam
K. R. Stiil
20Th Air Force
NLRB bars unions without non Communist vows
National Labor Relations Board requires all officers of C I O and A F L unions to sign non Communist affidavits to use board services or file charges under Taft Hartley. Ben Gold of New York identified as a Communist on the C I O executive board. John L Lewis rumored to withhold his affidavit for anti Communist stance.
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Washington
Cp—C. I. O
National Labor Relations Board
Federation
Executive Council
Robert N. Denham
NLRB
Denham
C. I
Ben Gold
New York
International Fur and Leather Workers Union
John L. Lewis
Solons Launch Housing Probe
A group of Congress members return to the Capitol to begin a $100,000 housing investigation and resolve a chairman dispute. The fight is between Senator Tobey of New Hampshire and Senator McCarthy of Wisconsin as the House-Senate committee starts its inquiry into housing shortages and soaring costs.
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Washington
Congress
Capitol
Senate House Committee
Tobey
New Hampshire
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Tropical storm gathering strength in Gulf of Mexico
A tropical storm with hurricane potential was forming in the Gulf of Mexico near Key West, moving slowly westward with winds up to 50 mph. Forecasters predicted possible hurricane strength by tomorrow as a scientist suggested the storm could dissipate red tides that have killed millions of fish along Gulf beaches.
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Miami
Fia
Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Grady Norton
South Florida
Key West
Norton
Gulf
F. G. Walton Smith
University of Miami Marine Laboratory
Bilbo Recovers After Weak Spell In New Orleans
Hospital attaches report Elenator Theo G Bilbo had a weak spell this morning then rallied sat up in bed and ate a good breakfast. He said he felt much better and the note quotes him expressing improvement.
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New Orleans
Elenator
Theo G. Bilbo
Bilbo
Cadiz Explosion Kills 400 as Torpedo Plant Blows Up
A Cádiz torpedo plant blast wrecked a residential area an orphanage hospital and factory. Officials reported high casualties many injured from flying glass and debris. Power water and transport were disrupted with authorities censoring reports and patrols in place.
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Cadiz
Spain
Echee Varvieta
Larrinaga
Naval
San Severiano
Jerez de la Frontera
Broade
Yemen and Pakistan Win UN Membership Approval
Yemen and Pakistan were unanimously approved by the UN Security Council for membership and are expected to be ratified by the General Assembly in New York. The decision follows a year of vetoes on other applicants and strengthens the Arab League’s position in the United Nations.
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Ireland
Portugal
Treansjordan
Albania
Outer Mongolia
Andrei A. Gromyko
Italy
Austria
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Soviet Union
Transjordan
Poland
Russia
Syria
United States
Britain
Belgium
Australia
France
Brazil
Colombia
China
Yemen
Arab League
United Nations
Palestine
U. N. Assembly
U. N
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Lebanon
Iraq
Gromyko
Palestine Mandate
Faris el Khoury
Trygve Lie
Ialy
C. I. O. Director Gillman Free On Bond
Cuthbert Ga August 19. state C I O director Charles H Gillman is free on bond after conviction on a local ordinance test requiring union organizers to pay a 1500 business license. He was fined 25 and jailed 10 days. he appealed and posted 500 appearance bond. Gillman said he sought union membership and noted similar, unenforced ordinances elsewhere.
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Cuthbert
Charles H. Gillman
Gillman
Vernon Phillips
Georgia
Milledgeville
Truman rejects single overseas airline plan
President Truman received a recommendation from his air policy commission advising against a sole overseas American airline. The coordinating committee, including Finletter and Baker, argued competition spurs development and national security does not require a chosen instrument at this time.
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Washington
Truman
Air Policy Commission
An Coordinating Committee
Brewster
Capitol Hill
Senate
Thear
Air Policy
Thomas K. Finletter
New York
George P. Baker
Cambridge
Mass
Palmer Hoyt
Denver
Henry Ford I
Detroit
Arthur D. Whiteside
Bomb found under Downing Street archway near Foreign Office
A police guard uncovered a hoax bomb under an arch from Downing Street toward the Foreign Office quadrangle. Home Office experts said it contained two electric batteries in a glass jar with gray powder but no detonator, making it non functional. The arch lies close to the Colonial Office entrance where a prior unexploded bomb was discovered.
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London
Foreign Office
Downing Street
Attlee
Scotland Yard
Home Office
Colonial Office
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T. L. Rider
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